Let's talk....I have lived long enough to see a lot of changes, and now and then I look back and wonder at the many things we now take for granted. I'm talking about the technological advances we enjoy each and every day without thinking about them.
Take the simple cell phone. I still remember phone booths! Kind of makes the expression "Drop a dime." useless today (it use to mean using a pay-phone to call someone). My daughters sometimes call each other on their cell phones - from the living room to the bedroom....
Just a few years ago it was a dream to be able to see just about any movie you wanted to at home and on a large screen with 5.1 Dolby surround sound, today we complain about finding the right one as we carry our portable DVD players to the Video store....
Anybody remember when the 'Video Store' was the place to be? Renting VHS tapes to play in your new $200 machine (that sells for $20 today)? And when was the last time you bragged about your car having Power Steering, or Power Brakes? Remember film? For you that don't - it was something we used to put in cameras to take pictures with....
And yes Virginia, we used to physically put a key in the door of a car to unlock it....
Anyway.... I ran across this funny article about ripping vinyl records. You know how you burn CD's today - How you stick that CD you borrowed from a friend into one machine and stick a blank CD into the other then let the software copy the store bought CD onto your $1 blank?
Well, when I was coming up it wasn't quite that easy.... check it out
How To Rip Vinyl
Now the next time you see an old guy with a pick-up truck full of drums of liquid plastic and silicone, you'll know what's up!
Now, here's a clip of one of the most under-rated yet spectacular bass players around - and he's from Detroit too. The one and only Victor Wooten with a favorite of mine:
truly an amazing player.... this vid is was shot in France in mid 2006.
This morning's song - "Got Till It's Gone" by Gene Dunlap from the 2002 CD 'Tales Of The Phatman' just a reminder to appreciate what we have right now, it will all soon enough change. I've got a link to a lo-fi sample of this song, if you don't have it. Just click on - "Got Till It's Gone", then scroll down to the track title.
Oh, and just in case you didn't know - you can leave your comments by clicking on the word "comment" at the bottom of this post....
So, Jsatcs!
We'll talk....
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